Office: | Member of Parliament for Altrincham and Sale West |
Predecessor: | Graham Brady |
Term Start: | 4 July 2024 |
Party: | Labour |
Alma Mater: | University of East Anglia (BA) |
Connor Dean Rand[1] is a British Labour Party politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Altrincham and Sale West since 2024.
Rand attended the private, fee-paying Wisbech Grammar School in Cambridgeshire. He received a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of East Anglia in 2014, where he subsequently worked as the student union's undergraduate education officer.[2]
Rand worked as an organiser for Labour Students, and later as a regional organiser for the Labour Party. He was a senior researcher at the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) prior to his election to Parliament.[3] [4]
Shortly before the 2024 general election, Labour's National Executive Committee selected Rand to contest Altrincham and Sale West.[5] The previous candidate had resigned due to personal circumstances. He became the first Labour MP to represent the constituency upon his election, gaining the seat from the Conservatives.[6]
Rand has a son and his partner, Catherine, is a primary school teacher.[7] He lives in Didsbury, Manchester. He is a supporter of Norwich City Football Club[8]